The “C” in SCORE stands for cooperation, not consolidation. So said ­Patricia Hope and Chuck Hitchcock, the leaders of a new citizens group with an acronym that stands for School Cooperation Regional Effort.

Farmers and backyard gardeners alike have told us that the 2015 tomato crop was late this year, at least on the narrow, farthest end of the South Fork. This, they say, appeared attributable to weather, specifically that the ocean stayed cold later than usual this year, which, in turn, kept a chill over the land.

The Springs School Board on Monday voted to spend just under $79,000 on seven different repairs to the school building.
Liz Mendelman, the president of the school board, likened the projects to what a homeowner might do every so often in his or her...